The twist ruined it


So stupid. It was a decent movie up until that.

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Agreed. I was really enjoying it as a decent (not brilliant, but solid) thriller up until that time. The twist not only makes several events previous to the reveal seem impossible (imagine the coordination needed to pull it off - not to mention how they managed to make the cops go along with it!) but it also lowers the stakes of the action. It takes the film's conflict from a redline-level panic to a particularly toxic college frat house. It doesn't work, I don't think it was set up properly, and the double-twist right before the end is almost offensively predictable.

It was a very, very disappointing end to what was a neat movie.

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